Degree needed to be a social worker

Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Trong Dam said social work contributes to social development and several countries around the world attach special attention to training social workers. "Social work is still new in Viet Nam," said Dam. "Professional social worker training has only begun very recently." The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs are working on a project to train more social workers. The VND464 billion (nearly US$25 million) project aims to help all social workers improve their management skills and increase the child protection programmes' efficiency. The project also targets to increase 50 per cent of the social workers skills and collaborators at the commune and hamlet level. While there were 160,000 collaborators at hamlets and villages in 2007, the figure has dropped to about 7,000. According to the ministry's report, the country does not have enough professional social workers who are able to uncover, intervene and support … [Read more...] about Training project to ease social worker shortage

Crane hits cement gate, three die
The accident took place after a local, Dinh Quang Nang, forgot to lower the crane, which later crashed on the gate. Witnesses recalled that the brick-and-cement gate, which weighed around 8 to 10 tonnes, fell on the crane, deforming it and killing Nang, his son, and an other man.
The local authority has supported the deceased's families by holding memorial services. The case is under investigation.
Forest fires engulf Hoang Lien National Park
Raging forest fires broke out in Na Hang area, away 3km from Seo My Ty hamlet, Ta Van commune, Sa Pa district in the northern Lao Cai province on March 5.
The fires continued to spread into Seo My Ty hamlet on March 6 and swept through Hoang Lien National Park fueled by dry weather and strong winds.
Local militiaman and relevant agencies in Sa Pa district are closely cooperating to battle the fires and contain them.
Lao Cai province's People's Committee Chairman Doan Van Huong directed relevant … [Read more...] about Social News Headlines 7/3

(CPV)- In Da Nang, on November 3-4, approximately 250 senior Government officials, academics and social work practitioners are meeting at a high-level conference to discuss the importance of developing Social Work as a profession in Vietnam. The Vietnamese Government, led by Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) and Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), in partnership with the United Nations and various international NGOs, civil society organizations and national and international universities, will be looking at how to improve social work education at various levels, how to integrate social workers in the Government structure and how to enhance social work services in Vietnam. For years the Vietnamese society was able to support its fellow citizens and children to cope with negative shocks in life. Mass organizations, such as the Women's and Youth Unions and community collaborators have done an incredible job to care for those unable to care for … [Read more...] about It’s necessary to foster the development of social work to deal with social impact of modernization

PANO - "In the absence of information regarding the operation of the state-owned enterprises, the general corporations can be operated for the interest of smaller groups of people", said ADB country director Ayumi Konishi in an exclusive interview with People's Army Newspaper.
- Currently, Viet Nam is working on its economic development strategy for the 2011-2020 period. In your opinions, what issues this strategy should focus on?
Mr. Ayumi Konishi:As Viet Nam is becoming a middle income country - and we certainly would like to congratulate the Government and people of Viet Nam for that - a key challenge is to establish a clear vision for the country's further development in order to achieve the goal of becoming an industrialized nation by 2020.
There may be five key issues that the strategy need to address. The first is the often debated issue: how to continue with Doi Moi, or the country's economic reform process? What should be the role of the Government or how to transform … [Read more...] about ADB country director: Viet Nam not need to worry about middle-income trap

Photo for illustration (Source: vov.vn) This issue was addressed by a panel of experts at a recent dialogue on Vietnam’s labor market in the integration process co-hosted by the Government Portal and the Bureau of Employment under the Ministry of Labor, War-Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA). According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), six more million new jobs will be created by 2025 when Vietnam becomes involved in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) accounting for 10% of total job creation within ASEAN, mostly in areas such as rice production, construction, transport, garments and textiles, and food processing. In terms of the overall picture of Vietnam’s labor market in 2017, MOLISA Deputy Minister Doan Mau Diep said the domestic labor market has not seen substantial changes compared to last year. The number of wage workers has risen slightly with the rate of employees in the workforce being kept at 76%. The overall unemployment rate stood at 2%, while … [Read more...] about Labor sector needs to capitalize on international integration opportunities

This issue was addressed by a panel of experts at a recent dialogue on Vietnam’s labour market in the integration process co-hosted by the Government Portal and the Bureau of Employment under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs.According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), six more million new jobs will be created by 2025 when Vietnam becomes involved in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) accounting for 10% of total job creation within ASEAN, mostly in areas such as rice production, construction, transport, garments and textiles, and food processing.In terms of the overall picture of Vietnam’s labour market in 2017, Doan Mau Diep, deputy minister of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs said the domestic labour market has not seen substantial changes compared to last year.The number of wage workers has risen slightly with the rate of employees in the workforce being kept at 76%.The overall unemployment rate stood at 2%, while urban unemployment … [Read more...] about Labour sector needs to capitalize on int’l integration opportunities

City needs to restructure economy for HR development By Thanh Thuong - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC – HCMC’s authorities will need to restructure the city’s economy if it wants to develop human resources, said experts at a conference held on Thursday on the need for training a qualified workforce. HCMC, the country’s economic center, has only focused on labor-intensive industries such as clothing and leather footwear which provide no suitable jobs for graduates while they are finding it increasingly difficult to find unskilled workers, said Tran Dinh Thien, director of the Vietnam Economic Research Institute. A change in the city’s economic structure will lead to a change in demands for the workforce’s quality, facilitating manpower training and supply plans, Thien added. Dr. Le Thanh Mai from Vietnam National University of HCMC said that based on the number of students trained in all universities and the labor demand forecast of the southeast … [Read more...] about City needs to restructure economy for HR development

The two- day workshop on Poverty Reduction and Decent Work through Tourism, organised by the ILO in the central resort city of Hoi An on May 7, which gave a focus on pro-poor tourism and provided an opportunity for policymakers, stakeholders, employers and workers to raise their voice on an action plan to further support the industry in Vietnam.
The increased employment in the tourism industry should include not only job creation but decent and productive work opportunities, the International Labour Organization (ILO) country director Mr Gyorgy Sziraczki has said.
He was addressing the two-day Workshop on Poverty Reduction and Decent Work through Tourism, organised by the ILO in the central resort city of Hoi An on May 7, which gave a focus on pro-poor tourism and provided an opportunity for policymakers, stakeholders, employers and workers to raise their voice on an action plan to further support the industry in Vietnam.
The significant growth of tourism, a US$5 billion industry in … [Read more...] about Workshop on Poverty Reduction and Decent Work through Tourism: DECENT WORK NEEDED TO SUSTAIN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT

Vietnam will develop a newly-emerging occupation in the field of social work into a professional job in order to promote social welfare.
Speaking at a press briefing in Hanoi on October 29, Nguyen Trong Dam, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, said the ministry will hold a conference on development of the profession this November.
The meeting is aimed at improving social awareness of the occupation. It will also give social workers in Vietnam an opportunity to exchange experiences with foreign colleagues and learn from social work models prevalent in other countries in the world to give recommendations for a model best adaptable to Vietnam.
The event will be the last consultative meeting between the ministry and international organisations before it can complete the project on social work development for the 2010-2015 period and submit it to the government.
Regarding the training of social work human resources, priority should be given to the areas of … [Read more...] about Social work to be promoted for sustainable growth